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This article compares early agricultural practices in Cleveland County with modern methods, describing pioneer farming tools, cotton production, and the evolution of crop yields from the 1800s to the mid-20th century. It explains the development of cotton gins, the growing economic value of cottonseed, and the establishment of local oil mills. Additional sections discuss tobacco cultivation, primitive transportation of crops to markets before railroads, and regional wine production near Grover.
Publication Date
4-1951
City
Shelby, NC
Keywords
John Schenck Jr., Samuel Hamrick, Loss Botts, Benjamin B. Suttle, John Harrill, Joe Harrill, B. R. Kendall, Wade H. Harris, Charles F. Harris, J. J. McMurry, J. P. Dellinger, J. Frank Jenkins, Tom Wells, Southern Cotton Oil Company, Grover, DeKalb Street
Contributors
Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives
Recommended Citation
Jones, Mamie, "1951, April - Cleveland County Early Days" (1951). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 42.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/42